Friday 4th October 2024

Goosander -  14 Silverlake this evening, 1 on R Frome at Woodsford
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Golden Plover - 300+ Pentridge Down
Whimbrel - 1 Brand's Bay
Knot - 5 Brand's Bay, 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Common Sandpiper - 1 East Fleet
Green Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Greenshank -  1 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 75 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 4 Hampreston fields
White-tailed Eagle - 1 Meyrick Park GC, 1 over Longham Lakes
Short-eared Owl - 1 West Bay
Merlin - 1 West Bay
Woodlark - 7 Pentridge Down
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Littlesea Woods near water tank
Redwing - 1 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT
Whinchat - 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Yellow Wagtail - 1 West Bay
Crossbill - 2 Pentridge Down

Yesterday : 2 Yellow-browed Warblers on Portland (PBO and Sweethill)

Common Scoter, Shell Bay © Will Bown

 

Thursday 3rd October 2024

Goosander -  1 on R Frome at Woodsford
Common or Pallid Swift - 1 Wick Fields
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Common Sandpiper - 1 Woodsford
Greenshank -  1 Holes Bay
Cattle Egret - 27 left Pergins Island roost in Holes Bay this morning
Great White Egret - 1 Longham Lakes
Goshawk - 1  juvenile seen briefly in Poole Harbour north
Pallid Harrier - a probable ringtail over Hengistbury this morning
Red Kite - 6 Badbury Rings
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 trapped & ringed at Careys Secret Garden, 1 Moonfleet
Firecrest - 4 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP, 3+ at Abbotsbury Swannery, 1 Cogden Beach
Ring Ouzel - 1 Ballard Down this morning, 1 Hengistbury
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Ballard Down
Hawfinch - 1 over PBO

Vis mig at West Bay included -  a ticking Bunting most resembling Rustic and a possible Turtle Dove. Also a Red Kite, Redwing, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Woodlark, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jays, 1000 Linnets, 400 Swallows, 1900 House Martins and 140 Meadow Pipits.

Yesterday : a  Redwing over Litton Cheney and 6 over Poole Harbour

Kestrel, Woodville © John Bishop

 

Great White Egret, Lodmoor RSPB © Will Bown

Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Goosander -  13 Silverlake (East Lake) this evening, 4 on R Frome at Woodsford this morning
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes (South Lake)
Ruff - 1 Lower Piddle Valley floods
Green Sandpiper - 3 Lower Piddle Valley floods, 1 Woodsford
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay
Greenshank -  17 in Poole Harbour area
Spoonbill - 1 Lytchett Fields RSPB on French's Pool
Cattle Egret - 25 roosted on Pergins Island in Holes Bay last night, 1 Longham Lakes
Great White Egret - 2 Longham Lakes, 1 Brand's Bay
Marsh Harrier - 20 left roost in Poole Harbour this morning
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at the Carey Secret Garden
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 Thumb Lane on Portland, 1 trapped & ringed at the Carey Secret Garden
Firecrest - 2 Ballard Down
Yellow Wagtail - 2 Ballard Down

Yesterday : a Short-eared Owl at West Bay

Wheatear, Crouch Hill (Stanpit) © Clinton Whale

Tuesday 1st October 2024

Garganey - 1 on Decoy Pond at Abbotsbury Swannery
Black-necked Grebe - 1 Longham Lakes
Ruff - 3 Swineham
Sanderling - 21 Brownsea Lagoon
Spotted Redshank - 2 Lytchett Fields RSPB on French's Pool
Greenshank -  2 Brownsea Island, 1 Lodmoor RSPB
FORSTER'S TERN - 1 seen again in Holes Bay from Upton CP lookout
Glossy Ibis - 1 flew down Lorton Valley in direction of Lodmoor this evening
Spoonbill - 55 Brownsea Lagoon
Cattle Egret - 8 Holmebridge, 1 Swineham
Great White Egret - 1 Shipstal (Arne RSPB), 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Longham Lakes
Osprey - 2 Middlebere, 1 Wareham Channel
Honey-buzzard - 1 headed south over Hengistbury Head mid-morning
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at the Carey Secret Garden
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2 heard at Abbotsbury Swannery

Greenshank, Lodmoor RSPB © Will Bown